PLACES IN TANJOHE. 



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Kaveri .. 



Kaveri-pattanam 



Cauvareypatam 



Zeelaur" of A.S, 79. 



f The ' Cauvery ' Eiver, the most sacred river of 

 Southern India ; from Tarn. Kavi Red-ochre, and 

 eri a sheet of water : cf . Tel. em a river ; = ' red 

 river" 1 ; otherwise ' Wood-water 7 from Kavu a 

 grove. It is also named Kaka nadi, ? Crow-stream, 

 from a fable of a crow (kaka) having upset the 

 water jar of the Rishi, Agastya Muni ; and this 

 recalls Kumbha-konam = ' Jar brim,'' which may 

 have reference to this fable. Another story 

 makes it Saint Kaveri, daughter of Kavera Muni, 

 who was allowed to become a holy river in order 

 to do good to men ; all perhaps mere priests' 

 inventions, to enhance the sanctity of the river 

 w and their own importance. (See next.) 



f ' Chaberis Emporium ' of Ptolemy. The port at 

 the river mouth has also been named Kaveri-pum- 

 pattanam, ? for K.-^wm-patm. = ' Kaveri-pas- 

 sagetown.' The three great islands in this river are 

 all named after Vishnu, viz., Srirahgam at Trichi- 

 or <( nopoly ; Madhya-Ranga, now commonly called 



Kirttiman . . 



Kivalur . . 



Kodaivasal . . 



Kodali-karuppur 

 Kodamangalam 



Kodandavilagam 



Sivasamudram between the two great 

 water-falls, and Srirangapattana (Seringapatam) 

 in Mysore. Kllar = East-bourne; 2,000 years ago 

 this may have been the principal mouth of the 

 ^ river; now there is scarcely any channel at all. 



The name of one of the great river-channels of 

 Tanjore, so named perhaps from some prince's 

 title klrti = fame, glory, &c, and man a prince, 

 &c. Cf . Oheraman, Tondaman. 



* Bounty-port, 1 

 kodu = give. 



; Charity-place ' like Annavasal 



, , On the north of the Kolladam. 



. (Compare Kodaivasal) ? = Charity-mangalam. 



! l Battle field of the bow.'' Kodanda Sans, a bow, 

 arc, &c, from Sans, root kut to be bent, crooked. 

 Vilagam is a rather common affix in Tanjore 

 Viiasam = sport, dalliance. 



f The ' Coleroon ' River, being the northern arm 

 of the Kaveri river running along the N. edge of 



I the delta ; the derivation given is Kol-idam or 

 Kolladam or Kollidam. <( Kolai-y-idam = ' slaughter-place,' from a legend 

 that men were sacrificed or cast into a breach in 



I the river bank in order to stop it ; but compare 

 also kollayl a breach in a bank (Gundert) . 



f A ' close,' an enclosed field, garden or yard ; a 

 | ' croft ;' applied in Tanjore to the enclosed fields 



Kollai ^ that cannot usually be irrigated, but have a fence 



| or hedge : cf . kol a rod, or stick. Compare the 



derivation of yard, vallum, town, &c. 

 f In Mayavaram Taluk. A cow- sacrifice made 

 * \ by Rishis here, they say. 



Komal 



